The solar boom in New York state is not only powering homes, businesses and infrastructure; it is also generating jobs. Researchers at the ILR School’s Climate Jobs Institute are helping to ensure the solar workforce is treated fairly and equitably.
Washington state is not addressing the climate crises at a pace science demands, but its active labor movement and climate-friendly policy environment are strengths that can drive meaningful climate action, according to a report…
Catherine Kling, an environmental economist and water quality monitoring expert, comments on a saltwater incursion in the Mississippi River, resulting from a prolonged drought.
A small delegation of Cornell faculty, staff and students attended COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan in November, where they advocated for cross-cutting partnerships to help countries achieve climate goals.
A Cornell team used a new form of high-resolution optical imaging to better understand how adsorption – i.e., the clinging of molecules to surfaces – works on the semiconductor titanium dioxide with a gold particle added as a co-catalyst.
Rebecca Brenner, a disaster policy expert and senior lecturer in the Brooks School of Public Policy at Cornell University, comments on disaster communications policy as Hurricane Idalia nears Florida.
Atkinson has announced funding for nine new projects that will bring together Cornell Atkinson researchers with Environmental Defense Fund practitioners.
Ian Greer, a research professor at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR), comments on a looming autoworker strike and its significance for the U.S. transition to electric vehicles.
